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Heartland’s Aidan Moreno says straight actors should ‘step aside’ from gay roles
"A gay guy should play a gay guy,” he said.
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Actors Santi Talledo and Toni Gelabert come out as a couple
Beyond adorable!
Culture Film & TV
Everything Everywhere All at Once and Janelle Monáe sweep Dorian Film Awards
Everything Everywhere All at Once seems to be the film to beat, picking up numerous awards.
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Daniel Mays ‘really shocked’ Russell T Davies cast only gay actors in It’s a Sin
“If the BBC made [Against the Law] now, I’d never be cast in that role.”
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Adam Lambert slams idea of Theo James playing George Michael in a biopic
Adam's comment raises a long-debated topic: should straight actors play LGBTQ roles?
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Zachary Quinto says some actors are still scared to come out
"There are still actors who believe their careers are better served by not acknowledging their authentic selves."
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Luke Evans ‘not sure’ only gay actors should play gay roles
"I wouldn’t have had a career if gay people played gay roles and straight people played straight roles."
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LGBTQ trailblazer Anne Heche “peacefully taken off life support,” sources confirm
Heche's former girlfriend Ellen DeGeneres shared her condolences to Heche's family.
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Tom Hanks says he wouldn’t take his gay Philadelphia role now
"Do I sound like I’m preaching? I don’t mean to..." says Hanks, as he weighs in on the straight actors playing gay roles debate
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Ben Whishaw weighs in on gay actors playing gay roles debate
"Why shouldn’t a role like that be given to someone who knows, inside, what the character is?"
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The Walking Dead’s Lennie James enters debate over gay actors playing gay roles
The British actor has offered his thoughts.
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Billy Eichner calls out Aaron Sorkin’s ‘ignorant’ comments on queer roles debate
In a recent interview the West Wing director said gay wasn't "actable".
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The West Wing’s Aaron Sorkin calls gay actors playing gay roles an ’empty gesture’
The creator of A Few Good Men said playing gay or straight was not "actable".
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The Long Call’s Ben Aldridge feels ‘more alive’ since coming out
"I didn't realise how significant it was going to be until I did it and the weight that it lifted."
Culture Film & TV
Jake Gyllenhaal says Brokeback Mountain helped break ‘stigma’ of straight actors playing LGBTQ roles
The star adds: "People of all different experiences should be playing more roles."
Culture Film & TV
Billy Eichner’s gay romcom ‘Bros’ to feature all-LGBTQ cast – including Drag Race’s Symone
AHS actor BIlly, who is gay, is writing, producing, and starring in the film
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Cinderella director Kay Cannon says LGBTQ representation isn’t just ‘important’, it’s ‘necessary’
The filmmaker tells Attitude why Billy Porter was the 'only person' for the role of the Fairy Godmother.
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Cinderella’s Billy Porter ‘doesn’t care’ if he never plays a straight character ever again
The Pose actor also says that conversations around who plays queer roles in Hollywood need to be about balance.
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Billy Eichner says gay actors still face ‘limited’ opportunities in Hollywood
“There is no gay Tom Hanks in this country. There’s no gay Will Smith."
Culture Film & TV
Greg Berlanti was told by gay Hollywood executives he couldn’t cast LGBT actors in straight roles
The TV and film director is best known for his adaptation of 'Love, Simon'